All Instruments Installed on NASA's Future Flagship Telescope

All Instruments Installed on NASA's Future Flagship Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope is taking shape in Maryland

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 9th, 2014
LRO Getting Ready to Endure Lunar Eclipse on April 15

LRO Getting Ready to Endure Lunar Eclipse on April 15

The event will also be visible from Earth, astronomers say

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 1st, 2014
Photosynthetic Activity in the US Midwest Highest in the World

Photosynthetic Activity in the US Midwest Highest in the World

These values were recorded during the growing season

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 31st, 2014
Infrared Camera Installed on the James Webb Space Telescope

Infrared Camera Installed on the James Webb Space Telescope

The spacecraft is currently scheduled to launch by 2018

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 24th, 2014
NASA Reveals the Anatomy of James Webb Space Telescope's Mirrors

NASA Reveals the Anatomy of James Webb Space Telescope's Mirrors

These are the most flat mirrors ever produced anywhere in the world

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 19th, 2014
Lunar North Pole Revealed in Extreme Detail

Lunar North Pole Revealed in Extreme Detail

NASA spacecraft creates amazingly-detailed mosaic image

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 11th, 2014
Ice Discharge Rates Calculated for 178 Greenland Glaciers

Ice Discharge Rates Calculated for 178 Greenland Glaciers

These values help predict how global warming will influence sea levels

NASA Tracks Large Storm System over California

NASA Tracks Large Storm System over California

The state is severely affected by drought, despite recent rains

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 7th, 2014
THEMIS Finds New Magnetosphere Process That Keeps Earth Safe

THEMIS Finds New Magnetosphere Process That Keeps Earth Safe

The phenomenon helps block incoming solar radiations

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 6th, 2014
New Technology to Enable Oxidizer Transfers to Existing Satellites – Video

New Technology to Enable Oxidizer Transfers to Existing Satellites – Video

NASA experts are on their way to developing a new orbital refueling system

Four GOES-R Instruments Ready for Integration on the Satellite – Photo Gallery

Four GOES-R Instruments Ready for Integration on the Satellite – Photo Gallery

The satellite is scheduled to launch within the next two years

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 19th, 2014
NASA's Flagship Heliophysics Mission Might Be Delayed

NASA's Flagship Heliophysics Mission Might Be Delayed

The agency has already invested nearly a billion dollars in this mission

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 30th, 2014
NASA to Map 3.7 Billion Acres of Cropland Around the World

NASA to Map 3.7 Billion Acres of Cropland Around the World

Special software will be needed for such a monumental effort

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 30th, 2014
LRO Images LADEE Flying over the Moon

LRO Images LADEE Flying over the Moon

The two spacecraft passed close to each other recently

How the GPM Satellite Made Its Way to Japan – Video

How the GPM Satellite Made Its Way to Japan – Video

Transporting it over the Pacific Ocean proved more difficult than expected

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 11th, 2013
Sample-Return Mission OSIRIS-REx 999 Days from Launch

Sample-Return Mission OSIRIS-REx 999 Days from Launch

The spacecraft will bring back samples from an asteroid in 2023

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 6th, 2013
Three Mass Spectrometer Experiments Run Throughout the Solar System

Three Mass Spectrometer Experiments Run Throughout the Solar System

NASA experts say the same experiment was conducted in multiple locations

 
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